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Finding the Perfect Battery and A/C Powered Clip on Book Light Designs that Light Up Your Books, Crafts, Hobbies and Podium

  • Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 8:41 am

When selected properly, a book light can reduce eye stress by assuring ample light while reading, even in darkened venues, and can conserve both energy and money. A well designed clip on book light design can make your light easy to secure to your book, book holder, or book stand, and many do double duty as hobby, craft, podium or task lights. Light weight incandescent or LED designs can provide just the right lighting anywhere you need it, without wasting energy or disturbing others around you, like a spouse or partner on the other side of the bed.

By lighting your reading materials with just the correct amount and color of light, the right book light can save your eyes from strain and help you read even when the lights are low. Our eyes require more light as we age, and providing the right amount of light exactly where we’re reading can be difficult. Obviously, the most perfect light for reading is natural sunlight shining directly over your shoulder, but we often need to read when or where such lighting simply isn’t available. Hence, the right book light, a light we can use any time and any place we choose, iscan be} an incredible convenience. By then turning off the overheads and lamps illuminating so much more than our reading materials, we save considerable energy as well as the money it takes to pay for it.

When making the choice between incandescent and LED book light designs, 3 primary concerns include: the different color or temperature of light produced by these two distinct technologies, the cost of acquisition, and the cost of maintenance and operation over the lifetime of the light. Incandescent light sources typically create a warm, somewhat yellowish light, and bulbs typically will provide light between 15-25 hours of use and then must be replaced. LED lights produce a whiter, cooler light, and many designs are now optimized to approximate the output of lighting from the sun. Hence, many book lovers find the light of modern LED designs to be more “sun like”, producing greater clarity and contrast and making most printing easier to read. While replacement bulbs for many incandescent book light designs are generally available in local electrical and hardware stores, and over the Internet, the cost of replacement can really mount up over time. Because LEDs offer life expectancies of 10,000 to 50,000 hours, their 10-20% greater initial purchase price quickly becomes irrelevant. Generally, LED lights are now more popular than the older incandescent.

Battery powered book light designs are the handiest, since your light can be used anywhere. Unfortunately, batteries too are a an item that must be replaced, typically lasting only 20-30 hours of use at best, in either LED or incandescent designs. Optional A/C adapters are available for most book lights, and another possibility is to use a good battery recharger and rechargeable batteries. Most book light designs use either AA or AAA batteries, and many rechargeable options are on offer. In addition, if your light is typically used near to an A/C outlet, an optional A/C adapter can be a money saving investment.

Finally, the area of dispersal is also a meaningful consideration when identifying the perfect book light for a particular application. If your light is only to be used to illuminate a standard size, mass market paperback, a single LED or incandescent clip on light design will likely be sufficient; but, if you read mostly hard cover books, newspapers and magazines, or even a full music stand of sheet music, you’ll need a more powerful design that can distribute the light over a much broader area. The ideal way to determine the most suitable light for your particular application will be to test it in actual use. When shopping, be sure your retailer provides both good information and advice before the sale, and a good return policy, just in case your first choice doesn’t quite hit the mark. With a bit of application, you can acquire the perfect clip on light for any application.

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